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Chairman's Luncheon Featured Speaker: Doris Kearns Goodwin Presidential Historian, Pulitzer Prize-winning author, journalist and television commentator, Doris Kearns Goodwin, achieved world renown as a political historian. A commentator for NBC and on-air personality for PBS, Doris Kearns Goodwin has provided consulting and commentary for documentaries on Lyndon B. Johnson, The Kennedy Family, Franklin Roosevelt and baseball as a contributor to Ken Burns' The History of Baseball. Among Doris Kearns Goodwin's best-selling books are No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The American Home Front During World War II, which won the Pulitzer Prize in 1995 and The Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys (1987), which was made into an ABC six-hour mini series in 1990. Her most recent work, Team Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln, is a monumental history of Abraham Lincoln. Mrs. Goodwin earned her Ph.D. at Harvard University and began her political career assisting President Johnson in his last year in the White House and later helping prepare his memoirs. Ticket Price: $135/person $1,350/table Sponsored by: |
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Sports Luncheon Featured Speaker: George Foreman George Foreman's championship boxing career began during his childhood years while in Lyndon Johnson's Job Corps program. It was there that Foreman rapidly established an impressive amateur boxing record, which led him to a gold medal win at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City. In 1969, Foreman turned professional, and within two years he was ranked the number one challenger by the World Boxing Association (WBA) and the World Boxing Council (WBC). By 1972, Foreman's impressive record was 37 wins and no losses. Foreman became world heavyweight champion in 1973, and later, at 44, became the oldest fighter ever to win the heavyweight crown, as well as the fighter with the most time between one world championship and the next. Additionally, Foreman became an ordained minister in the late 1970s and founded the George Foreman Youth Community Center in 1984. Since the early 1990s, Foreman successfully took on the role of entrepreneur and businessman, selling millions of his George Foreman Grills. Ticket Price: $135/person $1,350/table Sponsored by: |
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Club MBA Dinner and Show Featuring former Saturday Night Live star, Martin Short and Martin Short began his career on Canada's "SCTV Comedy Network," where his work won an Emmy Award and landed him on NBC's "Saturday Night Live." It was then that his career in comedy took off. Short has appeared in a number of comic films, beginning with "Three Amigos," with Chevy Chase and Steve Martin, and as the wedding planner in "Father of the Bride (I and II)." Short's career also includes several roles on Broadway, where he earned a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for his role in "Little Me." His more recent work includes "Primetime Glick," in which he starred as a fictitious "Hollywood legend and celebrity interviewer." Short created the show for Comedy Central in 2001 and later won an Emmy for Best Performer in a Musical, Comedy or Variety Show. Born in Canada, Short was awarded the "Order of Canada," Canada's highest civilian honor, in 1994 for his contribution to Canadian culture, and he was inducted into the Canadian Walk of Fame in June 2000.
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Club MBA Brings You Timeless Hits from One of the Greatest Rock Bands Ever Creedence Clearwater Revisited Their songs defined the spirit of a generation — “Bad Moon Rising,” “Green River,” “Down on the Corner,” “Travelin’ Band,” “Up Around the Bend” and "Lookin’ Out My Back Door” and “Who’ll Stop the Rain.” Now that legendary sound has a new life of its own as two of Creedence Clearwater Revival’s original members — bass player Stu Cook and drummer Doug “Cosmo” Clifford — join guitarist Elliot Easton and vocalist John Tristano to perform the band’s classic hits as Creedence Clearwater Revisited. The group’s popularity has led to more than 100 concerts a year, and their album “Recollection” went gold in 2002 and is well on its way to platinum. Hear the music and the magic come alive once again when Creedence Clearwater Revisited takes the stage at Club MBA’s Dinner and Show. Ticket Price: $199/person $1,990/table (10 tickets/table)
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